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Walgreens settles with the DOJ for $350 million in opioid lawsuit

Fast Company Tech

The nationwide drugstore chain must pay the government at least $300 million and will owe another $50 million if the company is sold, merged, or transferred before 2032, according to the settlement reached last Friday. The government’s complaint, filed in January in the U.S.

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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. Facebook restricted the group to avoid fines from the Thai government.

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Leaked Uber Files reveal history of lawbreaking, lobbying and exploiting violence against drivers

TechCrunch

Thousands of leaked confidential files reveal a treasure trove of sketchy and unlawful behavior from Uber. The damning leak of more than 124,000 documents, now known as the Uber Files, spans a five-year period between 2013 and 2017. Mark MacGann, an Uber lobbyist, described the meeting as “spectacular.

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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Saleforce Nonprofit

million images, videos, and other files related to child sexual exploitation were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). . By: Brandon Kaopuiki, Adviser, IJM Hub Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children. In 2020, 65.4

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UK blames mysterious ‘technical issue’ for missing 16,000 coronavirus cases

The Verge

According to a report in The Daily Mail , the mistake occurred when a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet used to track confirmed cases of the virus reached its maximum file size and failed to update. The issue was caused by the fact that some files containing positive test results exceeded their maximum file size”. “The

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Apple will reportedly scan photos stored on iPhones and iCloud for child abuse imagery

The Verge

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. But imagine what it could do in the hands of an authoritarian government?”. Apple already checks iCloud files against known child abuse imagery, like every other major cloud provider.

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The Taliban may have seized biometric data that can ID US allies in Afghanistan

The Verge

As The Intercept notes, the collection of biometric data was primarily billed as a military project , but Afghan civilians who worked for US embassies and the broader coalition government were reportedly also included in the database.